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Countdown 173: Top 10 Japanese-Born Players in MLB History
Posted in Baseball
Tagged Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Matsui, Hideo Nomo, Hiroki Kuroda, Ichiro Suzuki, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Koji Uehara, Masahiro Tanaka, Shohei Ohtani, sports comparisons, Sports debates, sports H2H, sports head-to-head, Sports top 10, top Japanese-born players in MLB history, Yu Darvish
H2H 173: Vernon Davis vs. Greg Olsen – Who was Better?
In the modern NFL, having a strong pass-catching tight end is no longer a luxury, but rather a necessity for an effective offense. In fact, in some cases, the tight end may actually be one of the team’s top receivers; at certain points in their careers, such was the case for Vernon Davis of the San Francisco 49ers and Greg Olsen of the Carolina Panthers. During the 2000s and 2010s, each tight end was the quarterback’s best friend in his prime and had a long career highlighted by a peak in which he was one of the league’s elite tight ends, thus prompting the question:
Who was better – Vernon Davis or Greg Olsen?
Continue readingPosted in Football
Tagged best Panthers players, best tight ends ever, consecutive 1000-yard receiving seasons by a tight end, decade of dominance, Olsen or Davis, single-season touchdown record by a tight end, sports comparisons, Sports debates, sports H2H, sports head-to-head, Vernon Davis vs. Greg Olsen
Countdown 172: Top 10 Vancouver Canucks of All Time
Who are the top Vancouver Canucks of all time? Here is our top 10 countdown:
Continue readingH2H 172: Bernie Parent vs. Billy Smith – Who was Better?
Outside of the Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers, the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Islanders were arguably the two most successful franchises of the 1970s and 1980s with two and four Stanley Cup titles, respectively. While each team had its share of great forwards and defensemen, both also had Hall of Fame goalies in Bernie Parent (Flyers) and Billy Smith (Islanders); in their primes, each goalie was a Vezina Trophy and Conn Smythe winner who elevated his game in the postseason – as two of the best netminders of this era, it is a natural comparison to ask the question:
Who was better – Bernie Parent or Billy Smith?
Continue readingPosted in Hockey
Tagged 1980s Islanders dynasty, Bernie Parent vs. Billy Smith, best Flyers players ever, best Islanders players ever, best NHL goalies of the 1970s, best NHL goalies of the 1980s, Broad Street Bullies, decade of dominance, first goalie to score a goal, multiple Conn Smythe Trophies, multiple Vezina Trophies, Smith or parent, sports comparisons, Sports debates, sports H2H, sports head-to-head
Countdown 171: Top 10 Toronto Blue Jays of All Time
Who are the top Toronto Blue Jays of all time? Here is our top 10 countdown:
Continue readingH2H 171: George Foster vs. Dale Murphy – Who was Better?
Every season, both the AL and NL honor their league’s most outstanding player with the MVP award – as you might expect, legends like Barry Bonds (7x), Albert Pujols (3x), Mickey Mantle (3x), Joe DiMaggio (3x), and Stan Musial (3x), just to name a few, grace the all-time leaderboards for most career MVPs won. However, not every MVP winner is even a Hall of Famer, as some players are dominant for a relatively brief period of time – case in point, George Foster of the Cincinnati Reds and Dale Murphy of the Atlanta Braves were MVP winners and two of the elite players of the late 1970s and 1980s, respectively, though both have fallen short of Cooperstown. Nevertheless, the pair were both highly productive players in their primes with similar career trajectories and totals, thus prompting the question:
Who was better – George Foster or Dale Murphy?
Continue readingPosted in Baseball
Tagged 50 home run seasons, baseball back-to-back MVP, best Braves players, best Reds players, best sluggers of the 1980s, Big Red Machine, Dale Murphy Hall of Fame, decade of dominance, George Foster Hall of Fame, Murphy or Foster, NL MVPs, sports comparisons, Sports debates, sports H2H, sports head-to-head
Countdown 170: Top 10 Sacramento Kings of All Time
H2H 170: Drew Brees vs. Peyton Manning – Who was Better?
In an October 2018 Monday Night Football game vs. the then-Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw a 62-yard touchdown pass to to Tre’Quan Smith to surpass Peyton Manning’s then-record of 71,940 career passing yards to sit atop the NFL record books. Though they have both since been surpassed by the incomparable Tom Brady, Brees and Manning remain #2 and #3, respectively, all-time in both passing yards and touchdowns. No doubt two of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, the duo were part of a golden era of passers and faced off against each other numerous times (including in the Super Bowl), so it is only natural to ask:
Who was better – Drew Brees or Peyton Manning?
Continue readingPosted in Football
Tagged best Colts quarterbacks, best NFL players of the 2000s, best quarterbacks ever, best Saints quarterbacks, decade of dominance, Drew Brees vs. Peyton Manning, Manning or Brees, most career passing touchdowns, most career passing yards, most passing touchdowns in a season, most passing yards in a season, NFL #1 overall picks, sports comparisons, Sports debates, sports H2H, sports head-to-head, Super Bowl XLIV Brees vs. Manning